Date: 3/5/26 8:33 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (05 Mar 2026) 0 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 05, 2026
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
0
0
0
Turkey Vulture
0
65
108
Osprey
0
1
1
Bald Eagle
0
0
0
Northern Harrier
0
0
0
Sharp-shinned Hawk
0
0
0
Cooper's Hawk
0
0
0
American Goshawk
0
0
0
Red-shouldered Hawk
0
1
2
Broad-winged Hawk
0
0
0
Red-tailed Hawk
0
0
0
Rough-legged Hawk
0
0
0
Golden Eagle
0
0
0
American Kestrel
0
0
0
Merlin
0
0
0
Peregrine Falcon
0
0
0
Unknown Accipitrine
0
0
0
Unknown Buteo
0
0
0
Unknown Falcon
0
0
0
Unknown Eagle
0
0
0
Unknown Raptor
0
0
0
Total:
0
67
111
Observation start time:
10:30:00
Observation end time:
14:30:00
Total observation time:
4 hours
Official Counter
Sue Ricciardi
Observers:
Steve Steimel
Weather: Foggy the whole day, dense until the afternoon when it lightened some; 45-52 degrees; winds easterly 0-7 mph
Raptor Observations: No migrants. Local Bald Eagle and a Sharp-shinned Hawk that seems to have been around for three days.
Non-raptor Observations: Nice assortment of ducks when we were able to see them: Mallard 4, Gadwall 17, Green-winged Teal 4 - probably more, American Black Duck 2, Northern Shoveler 10, Bufflehead 4. Killdeers 9. American Pipits 3. Cedar Waxwings 40. Belted Kingfisher 1. Eastern Towhee 3.
Site Description Fort Smallwood Park is located on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Patapsco River, 11 miles south of Baltimore, MD. Best winds are from the southwest.
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